World Civilizations, Volume I: To 1600

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This thorough introduction to world history presents material in manageable bites using a narrative format. This full-color, pedagogically rich, map- intensive text balances discussion of all major civilizations. The extensive ancillary package provides ample support of the first-time instructor of the World History course.

Ancient Civilizations 3500-500 B.C.E

Prehistory

Mesopotamia

Egypt

Warriors and Deities in the Near East: Persians and Jews

India's Beginnings

Ancient China to 500 B.C.E

Ordinary Lives in the Ancient Past

Classical Mediterranean Civilizations 500 B.C.E.-500 C.E

The Greek Adventure

Hellenic Culture

Hellenistic Civilization

The Roman Republic

The Roman Empire

Ordinary Lives in the Classical Age

Equilibrium Among Polycentric Civilizations 100 B.C.E.-1500 C.E

Rome's Transformation and the Beginnings of Europe

Islam

Mature Islamic Society and Institutions

Indian Civilization in Its Golden Age

Empire of the Middle: China to the Mongol Conquest

Japan and Southeast Asia

Africa from Kush to the Fifteenth Century

The Americas Before Columbus

Ordinary Life among the Non-Western Peoples

The High Medieval Age

Late Medieval Troubles

The European Renaissance

Disequilibrium: the Western Encounter With the Non-Western World 1500-1850 C.E